| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs; really and truly; a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4]); (bound form) bull's-eye; target | 24 | Lv 1 |
| 鲍鱼 | bào yú | abalone | 20 | Unranked |
| 加入 | jiā rù | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | 16 | Lv 10 |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | 12 | Lv 4 |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello; to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to | 8 | Lv 1 |
| 炒 | chǎo | to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up; to sack; to fire (sb) | 8 | Lv 26 |
| 锅 | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] | 8 | Lv 69 |
| 克 | kè | to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares; to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain; abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia; variant of 克[ke4]; variant of 剋|克[ke4]; Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God | 6 | Lv 35 |
| 浸泡 | jìn pào | to steep; to soak; to immerse | 6 | Lv 150 |
| 热 | rè | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | 6 | Lv 14 |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right; to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery); (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong | 5 | Lv 2 |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) | 5 | Lv 3 |
| 切 | qiè | to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential; definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters); (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager | 5 | Lv 23 |
| 备用 | bèi yòng | reserve; spare; alternate; backup | 5 | Lv 52 |
| 度 | dù | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences; to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4] | 5 | Lv 25 |
| 水 | shuǐ | water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; classifier for washings of a garment; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; surname Shui | 5 | Lv 5 |
| 遍 | biàn | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time; variant of 遍[bian4] | 5 | Lv 11 |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | 4 | Lv 1 |
| 三 | sān | three; 3; surname San | 4 | Lv 3 |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc; variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) | 4 | Lv 3 |